Too Busy to Blog

The last 48 hours have been non-stop reporting, writing, observing, interviewing, and partying -- and not enough eating and sleeping -- that I haven't had time to blog until now. The once chance I had was sitting in the press stands yesterday during the speeches of Sen. Edward Kennedy and former Gov. Howard Dean. And at that time, the convention center's WiFi system was on the fritz.

My big story for the day is about the lobbying and partying rivalry between Nextel and Verizon.

BOSTON -- One of the highest-stakes lobbying games in Washington pits Nextel Communications against Verizon Communications in a battle over which firm should get a multibillion-dollar parcel of cellular frequencies, and the companies have taken that battle to the Democratic National Convention here. 

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Nextel, the sixth-place cellular carrier, appears to be winning. On Tuesday, the company reaped a bonanza of goodwill from legislators, and from police and fire officials, with the inauguration of an annual award for contributions to public-safety communications.